Rosario Dawson Surprised by Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker Return on 'The Mandalorian' Set - Star Wars Celebration

Mark Hamill's unexpected appearance as Luke Skywalker in *The Mandalorian* stands as one of the most thrilling surprises in the history of *Star Wars*. Rosario Dawson, who plays Ahsoka Tano, shared with us at Star Wars Celebration that she was completely unaware of Hamill's cameo until he surprised her on the set of *The Book of Boba Fett*.

It's already been disclosed that Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau cleverly used Jedi Master Plo Koon as a decoy to conceal Luke's cameo. During our conversation, they also recounted the humorous tale of how Dawson experienced one of the most significant surprises of her career due to an accidental oversight in communication.

To safeguard this monumental secret, scripts that included Luke were altered to feature Plo Koon instead, and Dawson was not spared from this strategy designed to prevent leaks. She recalled her confusion upon reading about Plo Koon's supposed arrival in the script for *The Book of Boba Fett*, a scenario that would have bewildered any *Star Wars* fan, given Plo Koon's demise in *Revenge of the Sith*.

"I was like... I don't know... but people disappear and then they come back, so maybe it's possible?" Dawson remarked. "And then Mark Hamill was on set and surprised me and it was a whole thing. He even said, 'Plo Koon? That wouldn't even make sense!' and I'm like, 'I know it didn't make sense, but I still had to think it made sense because I got the script and everything!'

Favreau and Filoni promptly expressed their regret for not informing her sooner, acknowledging, "That was bad on us!"

"I think we assumed you'd gotten told the right information," Filoni added with a laugh. "We were in it so much."

"There were two secrets we knew we had to keep on the show," Favreau explained. "One was Grogu's reveal at the end of the first episode, and the other one was Luke Skywalker at the end of season two. We were biting our nails all the way the whole way through, and we somehow miraculously made it cleanly to both of those because everything else leaked. But, unfortunately, we didn't fill in our partner here."

Dawson took it in stride, humorously stating, "I love it, they know I can't be trusted."